In 2022, the arrival of Android 13 introduced a significant roadblock for Huawei Health users: a security feature called "Restricted Settings" that effectively "froze out" the ability to enable notification access for sideloaded apps. Because the Huawei Health app is often installed via APK or the Huawei AppGallery rather than the Google Play Store, Android flagged it as a "suspicious" app, blocking the critical permissions needed to sync alerts to wearables.
While the "Restricted Settings" bypass is universal for Android 13, navigating to the final permission screen varies by device: In 2022, the arrival of Android 13 introduced
: Now that the restriction is lifted, go back to the main Settings menu and search for "Notification access" (sometimes found under Special Access). Locate Huawei Health and toggle the switch to On . Locate Huawei Health and toggle the switch to On
To get your notifications working again on Android 13, you can bypass these restrictions with a specific sequence in your system settings: In 2022, the arrival of Android 13 introduced